Typographical machine.



ALFRED W. F. GUEST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 31, 1915,

I Application filed August 22, 1912. Serial No. 716,395.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED Gunsr,

and useful Improvement in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typographical casting machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States, N 0. a36,532, to Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print, and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

More particularly, the invention relates to machines, wherein are provided a plurality of magazines to contain type or matrices of different fonts, and wherein any selected one may be brought into operative relation to the assembling devices, as desired. In order to accomplish this result, in some instances the magazines are movable with reference to the assembling devices, and in others the assembling devices are movable with reference to the magazines. In either case, it is sometimes a matterof difliculty to ascertain instantly which magazine is in service, and more especially what font is therefore in use. To obviate this difficulty, I have provided an indicator, whereby the operator may learn at a glance which magazine and font is in operation, and whereby also the operator is guided in changing the magazines.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated my invention, in preferred form and by way of example, in connection with the type of machine illustrated generally in Letters Patent of the United States to J. R. Rogers, No. 848,771, wherein is presented a plurality of stationary magazines and means to shift the escapement actuating devices into operative relation to any selected one thereof. Obviously many changes and variations therein, and in its mode of application, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, without departure from the spirit of the invention. For instance, it may beapplled to other forms of typographical machines, such for instance as type-setters, type-casters, etc. wherein are-handled type or dies instead of matrices, and similarly it may be applied to any machines wherein there is a relative movement between the magazines and the assembling devices, and not in the exact form herein illustrated. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claim.

The drawing is a front perspective view of a portion of a linotype machine, having my invention applied thereto.

As in the previously mentioned Rogers patent, there are a plurality of stationary magazines, AA, and a hand lever B and sector C, which engages and turns the pinion D. The operation of these last-mentioned parts effects the shifting of the assembling devices including escapement actuating reeds I into relation to the selected magazine A, and such parts are or may be substantially like those illustrated in the said Rogers patent, or as embodied in the commercial llnotype machine. In view of the fact that the particular form of these means constitutes no part of my invention, and is not important thereto, no further description thereof is given herein, and reference may be had if necessary to the said patent for their details.

In order to indicate which magazine is in service, I provide the scale H mounted upon the framework, and the movable indicating finger G connected to the bell crank lever F, which in turn is connected by the link E to the lever B. When the lever B is operated to register and connect the escapement actuating devices with a selected magazine, the finger G is actuated thereby and in connection with the scale H indicates the extent of the movement of the parts. The scale H, as shown in the drawing, is so marked that the operator can see at a glance both the number of the magazine in service as well as the character of the font contained therein.

As previously stated, my invention has been shown only in preferred form and by way of example, and many variations and modifications therein, as well as in its appli- In a typographical machine, the combina tion of a plurality of magazines, a series of escapement actuating reeds, means for shifting the actuating reeds into operative relation to one or anotherof the magazines, the said means comprising the hand lever B, and

an indicator operated by said shifting means, the sa1d indicator comprising the scale H connected to the framework of the machine and the finger G cooperating therewith and connected to the hand lever B.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 19th day of August, 1912, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses.

ALFRED W. F. GUEST.

Vitnesses:

DAVID S. KENNEDY, HAROLD A. BURT.

Copies ofithis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

